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A Particular Feast

A PARTICULAR FEAST




Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, (1647-1690)

It was on June 16, 1675, that the last of the grand revelations relative to the Sacred Heart took place. It was to close the cycle of those solemn disclosures. Until then the humble virgin had received from the Lord only personal favors, very like those with which other holy souls had already been favored. He had only demanded of her some individual practices of devotion. Now however, the hour was come for Him to invest her with her grand, public mission.

During the octave of the feast of the Blessed Sacrament, June 16, 1675, Margaret Mary was on her knees before the choir-grate, her eyes fixed on the tabernacle. She had just received "some of the unmeasured graces of His love". We have no particulars of these graces.

Suddenly the Lord appeared on the altar and discovered to her His Heart:

"Behold", said He to her, "this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, in order to testify its love. In return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this sacrament of love. And what is most painful to Me," added the Savior, in a tone that went to the Sister's heart, "is that they are hearts consecrated to Me"

Then He commanded her to have established in the Church a particular feast to honor His Sacred Heart. "It is for this reason I ask thee that the first Friday after the octave of the Blessed Sacrament be appropriated to a special feast, to honor My Heart by communicating on that day, and making reparation for the indignity that it has received. And I promise that My Heart shall dilate to pour out abundantly the influences of its love on all that will render it this honor or procure its being rendered".

(Bougaud)


Cor Jesu, fornax ardens caritatis, miserere nobis.


Révélation du Sacré-Coeur

Une Fête Particulière

Sainte Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, (1647-1690)

C'est au mois de juin 1675 qu'eut lieu la dernière des grandes révélations relatives au sacré Coeur, celle qui allait clore le cycle de ces solennels entretiens, en en disant le dernier mot. Jusque-là notre humble vierge n'avait reçu de Notre-Seigneur que des faveurs intimes, assez semblables à celles dont de saintes âmes avaient déjà été gratifiées; il ne lui avait demandé que des pratiques d'un culte tout individuel. Voilà l'heure où il va l'investir de sa grande mission publique.

Pendant l'Octava du saint Sacrement, en juin 1675, la Bienheureuse était à genoux devant la grille du choeur, les yeux fixés sur le tabernacle. Elle venait de recevoir "des grâces excessives de son amour", c'est le seul mot qu'elle en ait dit, lorsque tout à coup Notre-Seigneur lui apparut sur l'autel.

Alors lui découvrant son divin Coeur:

"Voilà, lui dit-il, ce Coeur qui a tant aimé les hommes, qu'il n'a rien épargné jusqu'à s'épuiser et se consumer pour leur témoigner son amour; et en reconnoissance je ne reçois de la plupart que des ingratitudes, par leur irrévérences et sacriléges, et par les froideurs et mépris qu'ils ont pour moi dans ce sacrement d'amour. Et ce qui m'est plus pénible, ajouta le Sauveur avec un accent qui alla au coeur de la Bienheureuse, c'est que ce sont des coeurs qui me sont consacrés."

Alors il lui demanda de faire établir dans l'Église une fête particulière pour honorer son divin Coeur: "C'est pour cela que je te demande que le premier vendredi d'après l'Octave du saint Sacrement soit dédié à une fête particulière pour honorer mon Coeur, en communiant ce jour-là, et en lui faisant réparation d'honneur par une amende honorable, pour les indignités qu'il a reçues. Et je te promets que mon Coeur se dilatera pour répandre avec abondance les influences de son amour sur tous ceux qui lui rendront cet honneur, ou qui procureront qu'il lui soit rendu."

(Bougard)


RIVELAZIONE DEL SACRO CUORE

Una Festa Speciale

Santa Margherita Maria Alacoque, (1647-1690)

Correva l'ottava della festa del Corpus Domini, nel giugno del 1675, e Suor Margherita Maria trovavasi dinanzi al SS. Sacramento, quando ricevette nuove e più manifeste prove dell'amore del suo Gesù. Mossa da un sentimento di gratitudine, si struggeva dal desiderio di poter ricambiare, in qualche modo, tanta intensità di affetto, e di rendere al suo Sposo amor per amore, ma Gesù le disse: "Tu non potrai meglio ricambiarmi dell'amor mio, che col fare ciò che molte volte ti ho chiesto". E, scoprendo il suo divin Cuore, soggiunse: "Ecco quel Cuore che ha tanto amato gli uomini, che non ha nulla risparmiato, fino all'ultimo sacrificio senza limiti e senza riserve, per dimostrare loro il suo amore. In contraccambio di tanto amore, altro non ricevo dalla maggior parte di essi che ingratitudine, la quale si palesa con le irriverenze, i disprezzi, i sacrilegi e la freddezza che hanno per me in questo Sacramento di amore. Ma quello che maggiormente mi affligge è di vedermi così maltrattato anche da cuori che a me si consacrarono".

"Voglio perciò che il primo venerdì dopo l'ottava del SS. Sacramento sia consacrato con una festa speciale ad onorare il mio Cuore, per fargli amorosa riparazione con un'ammenda onorevole e coll'accostarsi in tal giorno della Sacra Mensa, per risarcire gli oltraggi da lui ricevuti nel tempo che è stato esposto sugli altari. Prometto che il mio Cuore si dilaterà, per elargire con effusione le grazie del divino amor suo su tutti coloro che gli renderanno e procureranno gli sia reso quest'onore".

(Languet)






With Eternal Brotherly Love, Yours In Christ † Richard
 





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